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Your Friday brief: weekend plans and local news notes for Fond du Lac
Plus, our News Notes from around town, a weekend poll and a closing Wrap.
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Workforce
Students at Moraine Park Technical College are graduating with skills that help fill Wisconsin's job gaps, and some say they're graduating debt-free. A University of Wisconsin-Madison report found the state averaged 93,099 more monthly job openings than job seekers from Jan. 2021 through Feb. 2025. Spectrum News Madison
Award
SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac won the Technical Education Champion (TECh) Award from the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association. Moraine Park nominated the organization for its longstanding support of technical education and workforce development. KFIZ
Anniversary
SSM Health Adult Day Services is celebrating 40 years with a time capsule ceremony. It opened March 17, 1986, as St. Agnes Hospital Adult Day Care, serving two to five clients a day. KFIZ
Sculpture
Horicon Bank unveiled "Oxbow" on Oct. 29 in Waupun, the City of Sculpture, as it marked 130 years with Envision Greater Fond du Lac, food, music and community members. The bank was founded in Horicon in 1896, and KFIZ says it operates two locations in Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac ReporterKFIZ News-Talk 1450 AM
Horicon Bank grew from one town to Fond du Lac and Waupun
- 1896Bank is founded in Horicon as Horicon State Bank.
- 2004Bank is renamed Horicon Bank.
- 2006The first of two Fond du Lac locations opens.
- 2015The second of two Fond du Lac locations opens.
- 2019Merger with Markesan State Bank expands the bank into Waupun.
- Oct. 29Horicon Bank unveils the "Oxbow" sculpture in Waupun.
Sources: Fond du Lac Reporter, KFIZ News-Talk 1450 AM
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Things to Do
Things to Do
Fond du Lac, WI
Friday, Nov. 6
- 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Fill the Boat Toy Drive, SkipperBud’s Oshkosh
- 10 a.m.Paint the Towns in Fall Color Plein Air
- 5-11 p.m.6th Annual Spread Your Wings Gala: The Masked Singer Edition
- 7 p.m.UW-Oshkosh Women's Volleyball vs UW-Whitewater
- 7:30-9:30 p.m.Ben Mulwana and the Village, THELMA Great Hall Concert Series
Jobs
Jobs
- Cashier/Sales Associateat GPM Investments LLC$10-$12 an hour
- Forklift Operatorat SEEK Careers Staffing$20.50-$21 an hour
- Associate Tax Consultantat Compeer Financial$57,900-$82,100
- General Manager — Jersey Mike’sat 29019 Jersey Mike's Fond du Lac$18-$21 an hour
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The Wrap
Remember Hopp's, the Dutch-themed pizza joint on Kelly Avenue? Martha and Jim Hopp opened Hopp's Restaurant in Waupun in 1965, and its secret-recipe pizza and Dutch-themed Kelly Avenue spot became part of city history. The name came back in 2002 at Sleeper's Saloon. Pizza with a past, and we're into it.
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